2 targets encourage green development

People studying China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), which is expected to be finalized next week by the National People's Congress, will notice it includes two target types, according to China's top planning official.

It's time for a national carbon trading program

As with any new year and new plan, there are many hopes for the future. We will all be looking for signs favoring our own favorite policy, program, or sector.

Students need more top choices at home

As the annual sessions of the top legislative body and political advisory body continue, China Daily collected questions on issues that netizens care most about and solicited answers from political advisers, legislators and senior government officials.

What they say

Young people might think there is a shortcut to success after watching the many talent shows on television and they could feel less motivated to study hard as a result.

Ministers' pathway offers keen insights

The path from the Great Hall of the People's north gate to the meeting place is only 100 meters long and can be traversed in under a minute, but this ministers' pathway is a channel filled with news.

Nation ratchets up anti-pollution effort

China will intensify its efforts to reduce pollution, Premier Ki Keqiang said in his annual Government Work Report on Saturday, citing as an example ambitious targets in fighting smog that will increase the number of days with good air quality.

Work report findings and 2016 goals

Moments at the annual meetings

Nearly 3,000 delegates fromall over China are attending the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, the most important political event of the year. China Daily photographers captured the mood.

'US misleads with islands hype'

It is the language of hegemony trying to hype a so-called militarization of the South China Sea and blame China for it, Fu Ying, spokeswoman for China's top legislature, said on Friday.

Proposal sets foundation for NGOs from abroad

Lawmakers are discussing and collecting opinions on legislation related to overseas NGOs, in a move to provide the legal foundation for the organizations to develop in China, a spokeswoman for the annual session of China's top legislature said on Friday.

Senior legislator suspected of discipline breaches

A senior legislative official has been placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption, the country's top anti-graft authority announced on Friday ahead of the annual meeting of the 12th National People's Congress.

Record year in sight for overseas mergers

Editor's Note: At this year's two sessions - the biggest political event of the year - China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), which maps out the country's development path for the next five years, will be the major point of discussion.